Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
The number of births registered during the 52 weeks
ending December 22nd, 1900, when all essential corrections
have been made, was 3,125.
The number of deaths (corrected) of parishioners was 2,700.
This gives a birth-rate of 21.9; a death-rate of 18.9 per
thousand.
The birth- and death-rates for 1900 of the sub-districts
were as follows: —
All Souls birth-rate 17.0 Death-rate 15.6
Rectory birth-rate 20.2 Death-rate 20.7
St. Mary birth-rate 23.8 Death-rate 17.8
Christchurch birth-rate 23.7 Death-rate 19.8
St. John birth-rate 25.17 Death-rate 21.9
The following is a statement of the average death-rates of
St. Marylebone and its sub-divisions for five years—from 1895
to 1900: —
All Souls birth-rate 17.0 Death-rate 15.2
Rectory birth-rate 23.2 Death-rate 22.5
St. Mary birth-rate 23.7 Death-rate 19.9
Christchurch birth-rate 24.1 Death-rate 20.7
St. John birth-rate 26.4 Death-rate 21.9
The whole district birth-rate 22.9 Death-rate 20.3
The following table gives the distribution of the deaths of
parishioners dying in various extra-parochial institutions, all
of which are included in the mortality statistics :—
St. Marylebone Infirmary, Notting Hill 524
North-Western Fever Hospital 29
Eastern Fever Hospital 4
Western Fever Hospital 9
South-Western Fever Hospital 3
Hospital Ship "Atlas" 1
St. Mary's Hospital 70
Children's Hospital, Paddington 9
Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormonde Street 7
Westminster Hospital 4
King's College Hospital 2
University College Hospital 14
St. George's Hospital 12
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1
St. Thomas's Hospital 5
Charing Cross Hospital 7
London Hospital 2
Carried forward 703